# Double meaning **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 9, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144 "2017-08-09T01:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/1 "2017-08-09T01:23:25Z")
Something named or described by use of the same word used twice, having different meanings - Concern over a particular guitar part = ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/2 "2017-08-09T01:26:02Z")
Fret. To neglect something or keep careful watch= ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/3 "2017-08-09T13:58:14Z")
overlook choose a guitar’s accessory ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/4 "2017-08-09T15:07:54Z")
Pick Grow vegetables ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/5 "2017-08-09T15:25:16Z")
Farm ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/6 "2017-08-10T00:01:19Z")
The desired answer to the OP is fret fret so pick pick and farm farm work but overlook overlook? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/7 "2017-08-10T00:09:20Z")
A lamp that isn’t heavy is a … ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/8 "2017-08-10T00:14:19Z")
Light light > [@Ignatz](#): > > The desired answer to the OP is fret fret so pick pick and farm farm work but overlook overlook? Probably should have been “oversee”. BIP: An accidental erection is a… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/9 "2017-08-10T01:07:34Z")
boner boner. To say you won’t accept garbage is to… ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/10 "2017-08-10T01:19:11Z")
Actually, I was going for produce produce instead of farm farm, but ‘produce’ is pronounced two ways. As is: Refuse refuse Knot neckwear ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/11 "2017-08-10T01:23:59Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > Knot neckwear Tie tie. To practice using a hole-making tool ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/12 "2017-08-10T11:34:49Z")
Drill drill Slavic shoe shining liquid. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/13 "2017-08-10T11:54:12Z")
Polish polish Bend down! Waterfowl coming! ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/14 "2017-08-10T12:15:52Z")
Duck duck Lucille’s dance ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/15 "2017-08-10T13:06:11Z")
Ball’s ball Jim’s preachers ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/16 "2017-08-10T13:09:55Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > The desired answer to the OP is fret fret so pick pick and farm farm work but overlook overlook? Sorry. Misunderstood the game. I thought it was looking for a single word that includes both definitions. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/17 "2017-08-10T13:26:19Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Jim’s preachers Parsons’ parsons pieces of dirt run through a mill ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/18 "2017-08-10T21:09:16Z")
ground ground Rotate the breeze. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/19 "2017-08-10T22:11:57Z")
Wind wind Make Johnny sit out a few games ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/20 "2017-08-11T01:58:04Z")
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